Jobsend Teaching Assistant

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, motivated, experienced and fully qualified, Specialist Teacher of the Vision Impaired (0.8 FTE) to join a large well-established local authority team. This is a peripatetic post supporting children and young people with vision impairment and their families in homes, mainstream, and specialist settings across the age range 0-25., You will

• Have day to day responsibility for a designated pupil list of children with a vision impairment.
• Work across a variety of settings.
• Assess children with a vision impairment.
• Manage specialist VI equipment and provision of advice regarding its effective use in school and home settings.
• Work closely with agencies / other professionals.
• Assist in the social and emotional development of a child with a vision impairment.
• Direct and supervise the Communication Support Workers (specialist TAs) involved with individual pupils.
• Promote and build capacity by delivering training for schools and other settings and agencies.
  
  Be a Qualified Teacher of the Visually Impaired
• Have knowledge and experience of working in mainstream and / or special schools
• Have experience of multi-agency working practices
• Have good communication and listening skills
• Have the ability to positively influence the teaching practice of others
• Have good organisational skills
• Have the flexibility to work in a variety of locations across Staffordshire
• Have the ability to establish rapport with a wide variety of people
• Be competent and confident in utilising ICT programmes
• Be self-motivated and able to work independently
• Have the ability to work as part of a team
• Hold a current driving licence (special arrangements can apply for people with disabilities)
  
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